• Mutawaajid, the son of Redoute’s Choice, is by far the biggest thoroughbred stallion we have ever seen. Close to 18 hands. #
• Interested to read on Bloodhorse.com that Unbridled Belle is to be bred to AP Indy and return to training. Good mating on paper. #
• Mafaaz shows that along with Galileo, Medicean is a great option for Danehill mares in Europe. Any chance of a shuttle to Australia? #
• Laura Ross has put together an e-book on all the new NA sires for 2009. It can be downloaded from http://www.ironmaidensthoroughbreds.com/ #
• Pretty happy that the Breeders’ Cup Marathon has been extended in distance. Now if they would just get the JC Gold Cup back up to 1 1/2miles #
• Tale of the Cat should win the Golden Slipper with Real Saga by so far it will be silly. How he lost the Blue Diamond is beyond me. #fb #
• Sons of Storm Cat over Unbridled Song mares proving a potent mix. Hold Me Back follows Etched, Alpha Kitten and Meal Penalty. A+ Truenick #
• Red Ransom is defying his age with Portillo and Romneya last week and Typhoon Tracy this week in Australia, his now permanent home. #
• Allez Wonder just won the Keith Nolan Classic in Australia. Yet another Redoute’s Choice stakes winner out of a Sir Tristram line mare! #
• John Sadler (the American trainer, not the Aussie one – although they are both good trainers) is having a lot of luck with New Zealand breds #
• Good effort by Peintre Celebre with back to back Hong Kong Derby winners. One of the few sons of Nureyev whose progeny handle the conditions #
• Interested to read about the progress of Stem Cell research in Thoroughbreds on http://www.bloodhorse.com #
• The thoroughbred world will be a different place if the A.I challenge in Australian Courts is upheld. #
• Had a look at the TrueNicks ratings for Giant’s Causeway’s 2yo crop. 60% of the crop are “A” rated! Find a mare to flip in foal in Nov. #
• Completing the Blood Horse survey on their breeding and pedigree analysis articles. http://tinyurl.com/dhejj4 #
• Reasonably happy that PC Yearling purchase Great Doxology ran well at her first start. She is no superstar but it was a decent effort #
• Interested to read the Blood Horse Publications Broodmare of the Year. Read more and download a whitepaper here http://tinyurl.com/d8hqlp #
• Just added myself to the http://wefollow.com twitter directory under: #Thoroughbreds #HorseRacing #P #
• Australia is renowned for fast turf sprinters and Australian-bred Rocket Man, racing in Singapore just may be the fastest. 1:08.6 for 1200m #
• Congrats to Terry and Buzz on the win of Justwhistledixie. #
• @sidfernando tell me you are not surprised that people post profanities on blogs! #
• Golden Slipper looks a race for the owner/breeder – Real Saga, More Joyous, Tickets and Manhattan Rain are all in the betting market #
• Oratorio, the Australian bred stallion by Stravinsky, as opposed to the Irish Danehill, has become another 1st season sire to sire a SW. #
• Pedigree Consultants Mating Regal Ransom wins the UAE Derby gr. II ! #
• Can Elusive Quality sire two Kentuck Derby winners? #
• Can Elusive Quality sire two Kentucky Derby Winners? Quality Road was awfully fast….http://tinyurl.com/c96wf4 #
• Happy that The Heckler won the Gr I in New Zealand as Dr Chris Rogers owns a half sister to the dam… #
• Court Command is back in work preparing for a run at the Doomben 10,000 and Stradbroke Handicap after a season at stud. #
• Daffodil, the top class NZ 3yo filly is on her way to Australia for the AJC Oaks. John O’Shea to train. Hugh Bowman to ride #
• Jon Freyer has joined the team at Arrowfield as Manager of Bloodstock. #
• What is the Inglis Easter Yearling sale without rain? Despite the sale being before “Easter” this year, the clouds predictably roll in. #
• Talk about beginners luck. David Lanzman sells half of I Want Revenge to IEAH. It is just the second foal out of his first broodmare. #

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We were saddened to hear the news from Pedigree Consultants client Kingwood Stud that popular racemare Golden Silca, a result of a mating we had recommended, died from foaling complications along with her Lawman colt.

The flashy chestnut daughter of Inchinor was trained by Mick Channon to win eight of her 44 races, including the Gr.2 Mill Reef Stakes and a Gr.2 at Baden-Baden as a two-year-old, and the Gr.3 Desmond Stakes at four. These, along with her ten placings, which included the Gr.1 Prix Morny, Irish 1,000 Guineas, Coronation Stakes and Falmouth Stakes, contributed to her earnings of just over £500,000.  Before her untimely death she had produced four foals, including the dual winning Dubai Destination filly Silca Destination and an unnamed two-year-old filly by Shamardal, bought for 170,000gns by John Gosden at Tattersalls last year

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On paper, the Dubai World Cup (gr. I) looked a open contest, but it turned out to be a one horse race, as Well Armed (by Tiznow) romped by 14 lengths. Bred in Kentucky, by Winstar – who enjoyed an excellent day with three Taylor Made/Winstar sires being represented by major winners on the card – Well Armed has also a lot to thank Florida for. His great-grandsire, In Reality was a Florida-bred and stood in that state for most of his career, and the female line has long been nurtured in the Sunshine State. The third dam, Tri Argo, a stakes winning daughter of Tri Jet (and a sister to the speedy Triocala), is granddam of another international star in twice Japanese Horse of the Year, Symboli Kris S. Well Armed’s granddam, Trithenia (by the Seattle Slew horse, Gold Meridian), didn’t win, but is a sister to Symboli Kris S’s dam, the graded winner Tee Kay. Well Armed’s dam, Well Dressed, is a daughter of Florida stalwart, Notebook, and is also dam of the Travers Stakes (gr. I) third Helsinki. click here to read more….

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Back in late 2002 we had an order for a stallion prospect for New Zealand. The order went unfulfilled (the client had expensive taste but a lack of funds to satisfy it) over the next year, but we were reminded by a result on the weekend how close things are in this game.

The first prospect that we sent to our client was Kitalpha. A son of Mr. Prospector, Kitalpha was an unraced full brother to Kingmambo who obviously had appeal from a commercial aspect despite his lack of race form. Unfortunately we were beaten out on this horse by a syndicate headed by John Harris which saw the horse stand in Zimbabwe. click here to read more….

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A hearty congratulations goes out to Gerald Ford and his great team at Diamond A Farm after the win of Regal Ransom in the UAE Derby  (gr. II) this morning!

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The Blood Horse Publication’s Marketwatch (a great read for those that what critical analysis of the industry) has just completed a whitepaper on the 2008 Broodmare Of the Year. You can visit the following page, vote for the mare that you think should be named Broodmare of the Year and download an informative PDF whitepaper that is well worth a read.

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